By Northern Ireland midwives to be balloted on industrial action on 15 December 2019
Midwives and maternity support workers (MSWs) working in Northern Ireland are to be balloted by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on industrial action up to and including strike action.
The ballot will open on Monday 6 January 2020 and ...
By ‘Improvements needed in NHS job evaluation for Maternity Support Workers’ says RCM on 29 November 2019
This week the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) is celebrating and highlighting the role of maternity support workers (MSWs) in NHS maternity services.
As part of the focus on MSWs and the work that they do the RCM has today published results ...
By ‘RCM responds to Labour Party manifesto pledges’ on 21 November 2019
The Labour party have today launched their manifesto for the 2019 General Election.
Responding Jon Skewes, Executive Director for External Relations at the Royal College of Midwives (RCM), said; “We are happy to see a commitment to putting ...
By ‘RCM to ballot midwives on industrial action over fair pay in Northern Ireland’ on 15 November 2019
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has announced that they will ballot their members in Northern Ireland over pay.
This follows a meeting today where the RCM Board made a unanimous decision to formally ballot midwives and maternity support ...
By ‘RCM responds to Public Sector Pay policy for 2019/20 in relation to Northern Ireland’ on 31 October 2019
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has responded to the announcement today by the Department of Finance on the setting of public sector pay policy for 2019/20.
Commenting, Karen Murray RCM’s Director for Northern Ireland said;“It’s ...
on 21 November 2018
Midwives in Northern Ireland have voted overwhelmingly in favour of taking industrial action, including strike action, over their poor salaries.
on 15 November 2018
Midwives in Northern Ireland will be consulted on whether they are prepared to take industrial action, including strike action, over pay.
on 23 October 2018
Today the UK Government has published a new goal to eliminate the ethnicity pay gap in the NHS, and has committed to ensuring that black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) representation in senior leadership matches that across the rest of the ...
on 22 October 2018
Media reports today suggest that the Government may consider adopting regional pay, with public sector workers in different regions possibly being differently than their colleagues in other regions.
on 17 September 2018
Midwives and maternity support worker members of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) in Wales have accepted the negotiated proposals for NHS staff on the Agenda for Chang pay scale.